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OSDI '02 Abstract
Scalability and Accuracy in a Large-Scale Network Emulator
Amin Vahdat, Ken Yocum, Kevin Walsh, Priya Mahadevan, Dejan Kostic, Jeff Chase, and David Becker, Duke University
Abstract
This paper presents ModelNet, a scalable Internet
emulation environment that enables researchers to
deploy unmodi ed software prototypes in a configurable Internet-like environment and subject them to
faults and varying network conditions. Edge nodes
running user-specified OS and application software
are con gured to route their packets through a set
of ModelNet core nodes, which cooperate to subject
the trac to the bandwidth, congestion constraints,
latency, and loss pro le of a target network topology.
This paper describes and evaluates the ModelNet architecture and its implementation, including novel
techniques to balance emulation accuracy against
scalability. The current ModelNet prototype is able
to accurately subject thousands of instances of a distrbuted application to Internet-like conditions with
gigabits of bisection bandwidth. Experiments with
several large-scale distributed services demonstrate
the generality and effectiveness of the infrastructure.
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